Friedrich William Preusse was born on September 12, 1856, so he qualifies to be today’s birthday boy. William would be celebrating his 170th birthday today. William was the son of Heinrich and Marie (Bergmann) Preusse. He was born in Germany, and I can display this transcription of his baptism record. According to a later census … More Future Sheriff Preusse Marries Judge Weber’s Daughter
I did it again. Fred Eggers was scheduled to do the blog for yesterday, February 17th, but I forgot about it and wrote my own post. So, today you are getting the post that Fred wrote for February 17th. It is a great article about a person that Fred actually got to know in his … More The First Sheriff That I Knew
George Jacob Mecker was born on April 10, 1882, making today his 140th birthday. George was the son of Henry and Catherine (Bangert) Mecker. George has some information included in the Friedenberg Remembrances book, but I am not confident that he was baptized there. Since we cannot view the 1890 census, the first census in … More Unusual Census Entries
